Gabriel B. Chapman

Gabriel Benedict Chapman (11 June 1826-17 January 1895) was a Major-General of the United States Army and the Union who served in the Mexican-American War, American Indian Wars, and the American Civil War.

Biography
Gabriel Benedict Chapman was born on 11 June 1826 in Allentown, Pennsylvania to a family of English descent. Chapman attended West Point and graduated in 1847, serving in the Mexican-American War along with many other future generals of the American Civil War. Chapman rose through the ranks in the antebellum years, and in 1861 he was a Colonel of the US 11th Infantry Regiment. During the Civil War, he fought alongside the Army of the Potomac, fighting at the First Battle of Bull Run at the start of the war and fighting in major battles such as Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. Chapman was given command of a division of troops that engaged with the Confederate States army at the Battle of Woodford in 1864, winning a minor victory against Joshua F. Harper. After the war's end, Chapman was one of the generals stationed in the South as Reconstruction took place, and he moved on to fight against the Sioux nations on the Great Plains. Chapman died on 17 January 1895 at the age of 68.